WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 71 (1992) issued by Governor Florio renamed the Advisory
Committee the Governor's Advisory Council on Volunteerism and Community
Service ("Advisory Council"); and

WHEREAS, Executive
Order No. 34 (1995) continued the Advisory Council and, among other
things, changed the membership of the Council; and

WHEREAS, in
order for the Advisory Council to better encourage and support volunteerism
in the State of New Jersey, it is advisable to change the membership
of the Advisory Council to include the Commissioners of Transportation
and Environmental Protection and the Adjutant General of the Department
of Military and Veterans Affairs, as these Departments administer
statewide volunteer programs;

NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:

The Advisory
Council shall consist of not more than 42 members, including
ex-officio members. The Commissioners of the Departments of
Commerce, Community Affairs, Education, Environmental Protection,
Health, Human Services and Transportation, the Adjutant General
of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, the Attorney
General, the Executive Director of the Administrative Office
of the Courts and the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission
on Community Service, or their designees, as well as one representative
of a federal volunteer program, shall serve on the Advisory
Council as ex officio members.

3. This
Order shall take effect immediately.

GIVEN,
under my hand and seal
this 10th day of February in the
Year of Our Lord, One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Ninety Eight,
and of the Independence of the
United States, the Two Hundred
and Twenty-Second.